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Thursday Doors- Quaker Steak & Lube

September 26, 2024Posted in Doors, Green Doors, Photography, Thursday Doors, Travel and Tourism, Travel PhotographyTagged Car Themed Restaurants, Florida, old time gas pumps, old time truck, Pinellas Co, Quaker Steak & Lube, Thursday Doors, Travel51 Comments

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After several hours of birding my birding partner and I were hungry so went looking for a place fairly close by to have some lunch. We found Quaker Steak & Lube.

This is the only one in FL going by their website. We both had salads and I failed to take a photo of either of them. It was just a Caesar Salad w/grilled chicken. Instead of croutons they served it with Cheese Curds. Now, I thought that sounded gross and would probably just pick them out, but after trying one I gobbled them up! They were warm and slightly gooy and tender on the inside yummy. Mary had the Biker Chick salad. It sounded delicious too, but it was on the sweet side and I was hot and wasn’t in the mood for sweet.

The inside of the restaurant is car themed. Each wing of the interior has a small sports racing car hanging from the ceiling, and lots of car memorabilia like a dividing wall full of MAC tools for fixing cars. I went back a second time for that salad and this time He-Man was with me he said he has some of those tools. Who knew?!

Anyway, I did get photos of the exterior and the doors.

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Look at the door pulls. I thought they were neat.

Most of their restaurants seem to be in OH. Do you have one in your city/state? Have you been there?

This post is part of the weekly challenge Thursday Doors hosted by Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/2024/09/26/back-at-osv/

Head on over there to see more doors from around the world or join the craze and add a door or two of your own. 😊

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Whatever Weds. Tawny Pennant

September 25, 2024September 24, 2024Posted in Insects, Nature Photography, Whatever WednesdayTagged Dragonflies, Insects, Nikon, Pinellas Co Florida, Tropical Pennants, Whatever Wednesday26 Comments

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I was recently in Pinellas County, Florida visiting my Mom and Step-father and I did some birding too. While birding I always keep my eyes open for other things in nature like this Dragonfly.

I think it’s a Tawny Pennant-Brachymesia herbida. It’s in the Tropical Pennant family. If I’m wrong and you know what it is please let me know!

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I think he looks like he’s wearing an early pilot’s helmet, eye goggles, and smiling at me. Hamming it up for the camera I suppose.😊

Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm| PS CC

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Friday’s Feathered Friends- American Redstart

September 6, 2024September 5, 2024Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Friday's Feathered Friends, Nature, Nikon, SpringTagged American Redstart, Birds of North America, Colorful Birds, Friday's Feathered Friends, Ohio Spring Warblers39 Comments

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Going back to my Spring trip to Ohio for these images. The American Redstart male.

He’s a Warbler. I’m on the edge of it’s range. If only one or two would stray a bit further west I wouldn’t have needed to go to Ohio to this one. 😂

Here’s an audio clip of its song.

https://www.bird-sounds.net/american-redstart/

Fun Fact:

Like the Painted Redstart and other “redstarts” of the Neotropics, the American Redstart flashes the bright patches in its tail and wings. This seems to startle insect prey and give the birds an opportunity to catch them. Though these birds share a common name, they are not closely related to each other. In fact, there are other unrelated birds around the world—such as the fantails of Australia and southeastern Asia, and other redstarts of Europe—that share the same foraging tricks.
Young male American Redstarts have gray-and-yellow plumage, like females, until their second fall. Yearling males sing vigorously in the attempt to hold territories and attract mates. Some succeed, but most do not breed successfully until the following year when they develop black-and-orange breeding plumage.
The male American Redstart sometimes has two mates at the same time. While many other polygamous bird species involve two females nesting in the same territory, the redstart holds two separate territories that can be separated by a quarter-mile. The male begins attracting a second female after the first has completed her clutch and is incubating the eggs.
The oldest American Redstart was at least 10 years and one month old, when he was recaptured and rereleased during a banding operation in Ontario.

Fun facts gleaned from allaboutbirds.org

I may be late replying this morning as I’m starting my week-end birding a new to me area in South Lake Tahoe. I hope you all have a great day and week-end.

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Something for Sunday-The Cosmos from Rural Nevada

September 1, 2024Posted in Astro Photography, Milky Way, Nikon, Photography, Wide Field Astro-photographyTagged After Dark, Composite images, Cosmos, Long Exposure Photographs, Low Light Photography, Milky Way, Nevada, Siloes, Something for Sunday, stacked images28 Comments

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11 frames stacked. Nikon D850| Nikkor 20mm f/1.8g@f2

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Whatever Weds. When Happy Hour means…

August 28, 2024Posted in Nature Photography, Travel and Tourism, Whatever WednesdayTagged branch, Controlled Conditions, fun stuff, Gumbalimba Park, Nap time, Nature, Nikon, Nikon Df, Roatan Honduras, Tree Canopy, White-face Monkey34 Comments

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Nap time! Happy Mid Week everyone!

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| PS CC

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One Word Sunday-Faces

August 25, 2024Posted in Nature Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife PhotographyTagged bush, Deer, Does, Faces, grass, Nikon, One Word Sunday, Shade, Shadows, Sunny, Wildlife24 Comments

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This week Janet from This, that, and the other thing is hosting One Word Sunday. To play along or see what others have shared click over to her site here.

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Thursday Doors-Guest Doors

August 22, 2024Posted in Adorned Doors, Architecture, Doors, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Gillette Castle, Guest Doors, Photography Challenges, Thursday Doors, Travel and Tourism, Wood45 Comments

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These aren’t Guest in the sense your mind probably went to when thinking about Guest doors, no. These doors were sent to me from a friend who lives in CT but, wishes to be anonymous for the time being.

She moved to CT oh, 4-5 years ago…time flies! Anyway a couple of weeks back she sent me an email saying,

“I visited Gillette Castle in Connecticut over the weekend and they had the most beautiful interior doors, all hand carved and I thought of you 🙂 Here are just a few but there were many! There were three stories’ worth and each one was unique. The castle was fascinating!”

She didn’t include the stories or details but, we have her images of three of the doors.

The door knobs are interesting. They’re wood!

*Image used with permission from photographer*

She included a close up the door knob as the third image. Those door knobs are different! The doors remind me of quilts with their square patterned designs.

I looked up the castle and it does look beautiful and interesting.

Here’s something about those door knobs.

“Gillette designed 47 one of kind doors made from Southern White Oak found on the property. They were all hand carved. Each door has a unique, elaborate latch intricately carved of wood.”

Here’s a little intro about the castle from the website:

” Atop the most southerly hill of a chain of hills known as the Seven Sisters sits the retirement estate of noted actor, director, and playwright William Hooker Gillette. Named the Seventh Sister by Gillette, the property’s focal point is a 24-room stone mansion reminiscent of a medieval castle”. There’s a photo of the castle at the link and lots more information about the man and more photos.

https://www.gillettecastlefriends.org/history-of-the-castle

The doors are lovely. Don’t you love our door enabling friends!

Here’s a BIG SHOUT OUT to my friend in CT for sending me these beautiful and interesting doors.🥰 May she continue to send me doors to share with you!

This post is part of the weekly challenge Thursday Doors hosted by Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/2024/08/22/still-more-from-iowa/

Head on over there to see more doors from around the world or join the craze and add a door or two of your own. 😊

more to come…

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